Is seeing that Renoir essential? In the pandemic, cities differ.
In an undated image provided via Art Institute of Chicago, inside the Art Institute of Chicago. Arizona has allowed its museums to remain open despite a deadly outbreak, while in cities and states with far fewer cases, the doors have been closed. Via Art Institute of Chicago via The New York Times.
by Julia Jacobs
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- On a recent afternoon outside the Art Institute of Chicago, there was no trace of the line that typically snakes down the museums granite steps and along Michigan Avenue as visitors wait to enter the grand home of Edward Hoppers Nighthawks and Grant Woods American Gothic. Every so often a passerby paused on the desolate sidewalk to take a selfie with one of the bronze lions guarding the museum, but there was no reason to go further: The doors were locked.
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Radio Boston rundown for February 3. Tiziana Dearing is our host.
Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital, joins us to reflect on what we ve learned from dealing with COVID-19 in Massachusetts for over a year, how major hospitals are thinking about the vaccine rollout, and what the state should be focusing on as we move forward.
A major Boston institution reopens today, after a second coronavirus pandemic closure: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The museum has been closed for the last month and a half, as the city s COVID cases surged and the city placed new restrictions on public places. For more on the reopening, and what visitors can expect to see, we turn to the Director of the MFA, Matthew Teitelbaum.